WIGGO’S LEGACY
The lamb chops. The Paul Weller haircut. The TT wins. The yellow jersey. Team tensions on La Toussuire. Leading out Mark Cavendish on the Rue de Rivoli. The mic drop. Legs crossed on the throne outside Hampton Court. Jamming on stage with the Modfather himself…
It’s hard to believe that an entire decade has passed since Bradley Wiggins rode into the record books by becoming Britain’s first ever Tour de France winner. This breakthrough triumph for British cycling came five years after the Tour’s Grand Départ in London and just five days before the world’s most recognisable pair of sideburns rang the bell to open the London 2012 Olympics. A gold medal in the time-trial capped an extraordinary summer for a man who would soon be partying with his music idol Paul Weller, as Wiggins finally blew off some steam.
A decade after his seminal victory on the roads of France, Wiggo will return to the pro peloton this July. From the back of a motorcycle in his current role for Eurosport and GCN, he will share pearls of wisdom in his own imitable style, running the rule over a new generation of cyclists that follows in his significant tyre tracks.
Since Wiggins broke the ice on the Paris podium with a jest about drawing the raffle numbers, British cycling has hit the jackpot with four riders winning
